Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 15:05:31 -0700 From: Peter Grehan <grehan@Ipsilon.COM> To: Ben Black <black@zen.cypher.net> Cc: Kevin Van Maren <vanmaren@fast.cs.utah.edu>, freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG, smp@csn.net Subject: Re: Headsup: SMP_AUTOSTART Message-ID: <199705072205.PAA03731@mailhost.Ipsilon.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 07 May 1997 17:11:15 EDT." <Pine.LNX.3.91.970507171012.1434I-100000@zen.cypher.net>
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>stop me if i'm wrong, but there is no such thing as an "application >processor" in typical SMP and as far as i knew freebsd smp was pretty >typical for early smp unix. This is just terminology from the Intel MP specification. For other Unix systems, 'application processor's are called secondary CPU's, or something similar (i.e. all others except the bootstrap, or primary, CPU). later, Peter.
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